Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2012

I had to double the ingredients and STILL RAN OUT before everybody had their share; Next time I will have to quadruple the ingredients. Everybody went CRAZY over this recipe. Well done Jana Thornton! I am planning on making this again this month for an Easter party with my best friend, her family, and my family together.

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Cooking Maniac

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2012

I added frozen peas & corn. Next time I'll leave the kidney beans out. Tasted very good. Minus the Kidney beans.

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JmL

Living In: Hastings, Nebraska, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

I made this recipe but used chicken broth and chicken bouillon. I omitted the green beans because I didn’t have any. And I used mini bow tie pasta and cooked it separately. This was a nice vegetable soup and easy to throw together. One can of kidney beans seemed a little sparse, so next time I’ll add a second can.

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bellepepper

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Upper Arlington, Ohio, USA

Living In: Dublin, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2011

I wanted to leave a review since I just warmed this up for lunch after making it for dinner last night...even better the second time around!! I used fresh string beans and organic canned veggies and added corn plus used veggie pasta instead of macaroni and it turned out fabulous! I doubled the recipe and am so thankful I did since I wil be hapy to eat this for lunch all week long....thank you!!!

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roadrunnerkel

Home Town: York, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2011

Good base soup. Not sure if it was the fact that I double the quantity or that fact that I used reduce/sodium-free canned ingredients (where asked for), but I found it to be rather bland. I double, in some cases tripled the herbs/spices, to get some of the flavors to pop out. Overall, soup was a success both at home and in the office.

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unholi

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2011

When I make this I end up eating it for breakfast the next day too! Make it healthy by using organic beef and vegetable stock and organic crushed tomatoes, and fresh veggies. I skipped the carrots, celery, and noodles and used zucchini and yellow squash. I also substituted the kidney beans for cannallini beans or lentils (just a few). Also I had fresh rosemary on hand so that worked nicely when chopped up really small. One of my favorite soups!

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nancy217

Home Town: Tampa, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2010

Excellent recipe! I didn't have italian sausage so I substitued Kielbasa. I also used chicken bouillon instead of vegetable broth. Spiced up a little extra to my taste, and it was loved by all. Thank you!

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carana

Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2010

Loved this as a low calorie, vegetarian, easy, filling meal. Soups are great to tweak to personal taste. My personal taste is to use 3 carrots and 2 zucchini and 3 cloves of garlic. I also used macaroni alphabet pasta to entice my kids. DO NOT substitute anything for pearl onions, nothing else will do.

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keeperathome

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pensacola, Florida, USA

Reviewed: May 26, 2010

This was soup was meh. I substituted fresh tomatoes and green beans since I try to use canned food as little as possible. Regardless, it was nothing special.

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